Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6255 01 Apr 2026, 17:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 22:42.340 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.998
And I update APT using apt 7.490
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.260
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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32.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.652
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.019
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.371
And persistence is disabled 0.174
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:43.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 9.161
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.407
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.143
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.634
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.782
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.482
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.190
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
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30.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.855
And the system is very low on memory 3.419
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.162
When I try to create a persistent partition 5.490
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.101
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.454
And I free up some memory 0.935
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.937
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:38.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.801
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.397
And all tps features are active 1.227
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.675
When I disable the first tps feature 2.696
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:10.380
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
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13.497
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.064
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.066
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.079
When I disable the first tps feature 2.581
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.061
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.041
When I enable the first tps feature 2.416
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
13.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.659
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.123
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.038
And I disable the first tps feature 3.022
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.859
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
55.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.557
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 17.836
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.297
When I write some files expected to persist 1.397
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.210
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved?
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 13.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:24.688
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.610
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.317
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.155
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.235
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:16.793
And I capture all network traffic 0.004
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.955
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.367
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.066
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product
40.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.424
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.102
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 14.018
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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2:57.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.601
When I enable persistence 13.445
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.680
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 39.322
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.354
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.327
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.588
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 26.910
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.175
When I cold reboot the computer 9.305
And the computer reboots Tails 38.868
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.330
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.311
Given I enable persistence 9.023
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.074
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.258
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.246
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
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2:28.090
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.892
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 31.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.651
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:16.855
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product
41.268
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.964
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 15.453
Then persistence is disabled 0.104
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.943
And all notifications have disappeared 8.578
When I delete the persistent partition 2.872
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:28.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.820
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.052
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:9.988
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.052
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43.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.962
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.056
When I try to enable persistence 1.176
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 9.956
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.310
And all notifications have disappeared 8.261
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.315
And all tps features are enabled 1.431
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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1:8.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.655
And I enable persistence 21.296
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.863
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.645
And persistence is enabled 1.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
23.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.366
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 15.617
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
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25.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.619
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 8.096
When I enable persistence 7.058
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
And persistence is successfully enabled 2.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
25.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.222
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 8.258
When I try to enable persistence 1.366
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.752
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.279
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.580
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.106
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.197
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.062
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.062
When I try to enable persistence 1.170
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.317
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.171
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.694
And all notifications have disappeared 10.050
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.135
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.664
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.205
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.504
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
45.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.975
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 7.914
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
When I try to enable persistence 1.260
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.932
When I log in to a new session 12.616
And all notifications have disappeared 8.611
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.555
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000